Rare Leadership 4 Uncommon Habits For Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead

by Warner, Marcus; Wilder, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780802414540
• ISBN10: 0802414540
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-04-05
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

Revive your leadership. Grow healthy teams. See great results.

Healthy teams begin with healthy leaders, and at the heart of this dynamic is emotional maturity—the quality the greatest leaders possess.

Combining solid theology, cutting-edge brain science, and decades of counseling and consulting experience, Rare Leadership shows you how to take your leadership and team to the next level. It will equip you to:

• Cultivate emotional maturity in yourself and others
• Develop the four habits of R.A.R.E. leaders
• Promote a strong group identity
• Keep relationships bigger than problems
• Increase productivity through trust, joy, and engagement

Whether you are burnt out or just looking to improve, when you prioritize people and lead from a secure identity, you’ll be amazed at the freedom you feel and the results you see. You can lead from a healthy place, respond rather than react, and build the team of your dreams.

If you want to take your organization to the next level, it starts with you. Read Rare Leadership and be equipped to lead joy-filled, emotionally mature, relationally connected teams.

Author Biography

MARCUS WARNER is the president of Deeper Walk International. He has written several books on topics ranging from how to study the Bible to histories of ancient Greece and Rome to books on spiritual warfare, emotional healing, and leadership. Marcus grew up in a ministry family in Ft. Wayne, IN and currently lives in the Indianapolis area with his wife and two children.

EARL JAMES WILDER III, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Fuller Seminary; M.A. Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, B.A. Psychology Bemidji State University is a licensed psychologist in the state of California as well as an ordained minister of the Church of the Nazarene. He is Executive Director of Shepherd's House Ministries, Van Nuys & Pasadena, CA/Peoria, IL. Dr. Wilder has extensive clinical counseling experience and has served as a guest lecturer at Fuller Seminary, Biola, Talbot Seminary and Point Loma University.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction

1) Leadership at the Speed of Joy

Section 1: Understanding Fast-Track Leadership

2) The Difference Between Good and Bad Leaders

3) The Elevator in Your Brain

4) When the Fast Track Needs Fixing

5) Don’t Take Your Eye Off the Fast Track

Section 2: Building RARE Leadership

6) Where You Start: Imitation, Identity, Immanuel

7) Remain Relational

8) Act Like Yourself

9) Return to Joy

10) Endure Hardship Well

11) Where Do You Go from Here?

Notes
Glossary
A Day in the Life of a RARE Leader
About Life Model Works
About the Authors
Acknowledgments